| The purpose of this study was to examine the selfethnic liberatory educative nature and goals of John H. Johnson's work between 1942 and 2005 as a pioneering publisher and adult educator. This research documents the influence his magazines, EBONY and Jet, had as approaches to informal learning to combat the impact of sociocultural, psychological and intellectual racism on African Americans. This study is necessary because the contributions of African-American adult educators, such as Johnson, have been excluded. This disparity in the literature leaves the history incomplete, because it is not reflective of how Johnson used his publications as modes of informal learning through the use of the media and education. This research, which expands the understanding of the intersection of education and the media, is framed within an Africentric Historical Paradigm that grounds it in African-centered values, beliefs and ideas. Concepts within this paradigm, which helped to shape the study, were: selfethnic, selfethnic reflectors, selfethnic negation, agency, the seven principles of the Nguzo Saba and Africentric Culturally Grounded Programs. The Theory of Selfethnic Reflectors and Philosophy of Selfethnic Liberatory Adult Education also fall within this paradigm in helping to define the research. A second intellectual paradigm examined in this study is Critical Race Theory, which addresses the negative impact factors of racism, specifically the concept of marginalization. |
